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Friday July 17, 2026

Helsinki school to start English-language class for children temporarily residing in Finland

The Ressu Comprehensive School in Helsinki will start a new English language class in August for the children who are residing in Finland temporarily, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Friday. Students in grades 1 to 9, who are moving to Finland temporarily will be

Published: 20:08 pm,Wednesday 24 June 2026

Helsinki University rises student places through open university route

The University of Helsinki is increasing the number of student places offered through the open university route in its bachelor’s programmes, said the University in a press release on Wednesday. In the coming years, 10% of places in these programmes will be allocated to applicants who have previously completed

Published: 01:52 am,Friday 12 June 2026

Govt proposes to apply basic education in arts to all fields

The government proposed a comprehensive reform of the legislation on basic education in the arts, said the Ministry of Education and Culture in a press release on Thursday. The aim is to clarify the structure of basic education in the arts and improve access to instruction across different art

Published: 21:12 pm,Thursday 28 May 2026

Applicants to Finland´s higher education in English drop further

Number of international students to Finnish higher education institutions’ English-taught programmes for spring 2026 reduced further for second consecutive year following introduction of application fee. A total of 8,100 students were offered admission to Finnish higher education institutions’ English-taught programmes, University of the Arts Helsinki and Tampere University's Theatre

Published: 02:23 am,Saturday 23 May 2026

Finland mulls shortening school summer holidays

The Ministry of Education has taken an initiative to bring changes to the schedule and duration of summer holidays at schools in Finland, said the ministry on Friday. The ministry submitted the proposal in this regard for consultation suggesting shortening the summer holidays to nine weeks and start the

Published: 18:44 pm,Monday 18 May 2026

Govt to tighten criteria for language, family reunification for Int´l students

The four-party alliance government led by Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) has taken a move to tighten criteria for family reunification, language proficiency and income requirement for the international students. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on Monday circulated the government´s proposal for amending respective laws in this regard

Published: 23:18 pm,Wednesday 22 April 2026

Helsinki University reports student data breach regarding Palestine movement

A personal data breach has occurred at the University of Helsinki where the Faculty of Science students' names were collected from a Moodle platform into an Excel file, said the university in a press release on Wednesday. It is possible that similar data acquisition has taken place at other

Published: 21:13 pm,Wednesday 22 April 2026

1626 students offered admission to Helsinki University´s Int’l master’s programmes

A total of 1,626 new students from 90 countries were offered admission to the international master’s programmes at the University of Helsinki commencing in autumn 2026, said the university in a press release on Wednesday. The number of qualified students was 44% of the total applicants. Almost 79% of those

Published: 21:36 pm,Tuesday 21 April 2026

Number of students at Finnish polytechnic Institutes on rise

The number of students in university of applied sciences ( Polytechnic Institutes) education continued to grow in 2025, according to Statistics Finland. The number of students attending university of applied sciences education leading to a degree was 183,200, of whom 57,600 were new students. A total of 36,300 degrees

Published: 11:35 am,Thursday 16 April 2026

Immigrant background kids face more bullying at school than natives

Children and young people with a foreign background fare worse than children and young people with two Finnish-born parents across several domains of health, well-being and safety, according to a study commissioned by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). The School Health Promotion study showed that differences

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